People · United States
Eli Milam
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023MILA06
Eli Milam has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at The Last Frontier Fall 2023, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,292nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2023, he has put 99 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.14 in October 2023 to 9.90, an 11% improvement. Eli has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 3.49 | top 5.7% | 2,292 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.90 | 11.90 | top 7.2% | 3,946 / 59,724 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at The Last Frontier Fall 2023.
- 28 Oct 2023First competition: Vegas Cubing Fall 2023. A 11.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The Last Frontier Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Anchorage Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
- The Last Frontier Summer 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- The Last Frontier Fall 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Payton Corey — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Matthew Dickman — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- David Steele — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.